Almost pulled overboard! - Kayak Fishing Adventures on Big Water’s Edge

yaky yak · 04-15-2012, 10:26 PM

Hit the shores early this morning before light. The sets were comming in one after another making for a dicey launch in the dark.
Wore my new waders for the first time, and stayed dry even after catching several waves in the chest.
The wind wasn't to bad but the water was pretty choppy with a big swell every once in a while to keep ya on your toes. I tryed to find bait but didn't have much luck so not wanting to waste gray light, I tied on a white single hook jig with a red head, and put a Gulp squid on the hook and was jigging it in about 65 ft of water near the kelp. I had .put 60 pound power pro braid on my reel with 40 lb floro leader. Because I was so close to the kelp and had such heavy line I had the drag pretty tight.
I hooked up kelp a time or two but was able to pull the jig loose with the drag button down.
My fish finder started to go off and was reading fish below, at almost the same time something slammed the jig. The weight of the pulling fish against the tight drag was to much and almost took me over the side. I could feel massive head shakes, I finely loosing my drag but it was to late and the hook pulled out

Only action of my day on the water. I came in around 4:00 pm fishless. I only made two macks all day out there. It got really nice for a few hour out there but was blown out after 2:00.
Seemed to be a lot of activity early dawn, but wasn't much happening for me rest the day. The water was cold 56 deg. getting to 58 later on.
Only saw two other kayakers out there all day.

04-15-2012, 10:26 PM	#1
yaky yak Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Riverside, calif Posts: 130	Almost pulled overboard! Hit the shores early this morning before light. The sets were comming in one after another making for a dicey launch in the dark. Wore my new waders for the first time, and stayed dry even after catching several waves in the chest. The wind wasn't to bad but the water was pretty choppy with a big swell every once in a while to keep ya on your toes. I tryed to find bait but didn't have much luck so not wanting to waste gray light, I tied on a white single hook jig with a red head, and put a Gulp squid on the hook and was jigging it in about 65 ft of water near the kelp. I had .put 60 pound power pro braid on my reel with 40 lb floro leader. Because I was so close to the kelp and had such heavy line I had the drag pretty tight. I hooked up kelp a time or two but was able to pull the jig loose with the drag button down. My fish finder started to go off and was reading fish below, at almost the same time something slammed the jig. The weight of the pulling fish against the tight drag was to much and almost took me over the side. I could feel massive head shakes, I finely loosing my drag but it was to late and the hook pulled out Only action of my day on the water. I came in around 4:00 pm fishless. I only made two macks all day out there. It got really nice for a few hour out there but was blown out after 2:00. Seemed to be a lot of activity early dawn, but wasn't much happening for me rest the day. The water was cold 56 deg. getting to 58 later on. Only saw two other kayakers out there all day.